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"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi -
Obviously yes-- you just mentioned itOriginally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
What BP needs to do now is a confession just like was done last year in Canada when a producer of packaged meats had a lysteria outbreak. The president said it was their mistake and they would fix it and then they were widely seen as doing just that. It doesn't make the wrong right but for someone to confess their error was so different and refreshing that I believe (but have not checked) that their sales have rebounded nicely from what could have been a brand ending incidentYou don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto LuongoComment
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Flubber:
It has been demonstrated time and time again that when companies admit wrongdoing and try their damnedest to fix things, their stock values, sales, and image rebound in time. Johnson & Johnson with regards to Tylenol is a classic example of this.
Although the Ford Pinto thing didn't seem to hurt Ford much although everyone still remembers that example of corporate jackassery."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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Franchises tend to buy from their proprietary company. However, their profits mostly come from store sales rather that the forecourt.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostOne day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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It doesn't matter where the hell their oil comes from.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
Ultima Ratio RegumComment
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The perception of where they get it from obviously does though.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Not quite true - it's fine if it comes from some country that US forces has conqured, but not if it it's local and by chance damage own soilOriginally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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I don't think I've ever seen a BP station.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Precisely, oil is fungible. If you buy more oil from one place that only means other people have to buy it from a different place.Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
That is correct, isn't it?If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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You guys make me laugh...
ALL Oil companies are planet raping scum - it's in their DNA.
BP is actually doing the US a favour by making people realise that oil is dirty stuff and that their over reliance is a dangerous thing.
It's also about time the US suffered some of the pollution and misery their excessive consumption inflicts on the peoples of other oil producing nations as they fill up on their daily gas fix...Comment
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That's cause they're not in Texas. I just checked. They have 130 locations in the Philadelphia area. That seems like a lot though. 130!"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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On occasion, I leave Texas.
Maybe I've seen them and didn't know it. Is it mainly a northeastern company?Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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That is pure BS. The only reason that those companies drills for oil is because you and I demands their products Actually, the real scums of the world are people like you - i.e. the welshOriginally posted by MOBIUS View Post
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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No... I picked some random states. They have BP gas stations in California, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Nebraska so it's safe to say it's not just in the Northeast. There's no coverage map and I'm not going to try all 50 states. Just every state I've tried except for Texas has BP locations."Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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This. ****-ups happen. I'm far more liable to judge based on the response than on the ****-up. Even longstanding, systematic ****-ups can be forgiven when the ****er-upper comes correct (see, e.g., Domino's Pizza/new recipe). That said, based on my limited information, I don't have a problem with BP's ex post efforts to fix this one, except to the extent that they may be trying things they know won't work just to be seen as "doing something" while drilling the relief well(s).Originally posted by Flubber View PostSolomwi is very wise. - Imran SiddiquiComment
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